[nabs] foreign professors

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I agree Carly, a notetaker has to take notes on paper and then go home and type them up.
If you write notes in your braille notetaker, they are already accessible. No a notetaker doesn’t solve the whole problem.
Unfortunately, I see no good solution to this unless you can sit in class, listen to the lecture, and write your own notes.
If there is a language barrier that is tough. I had professors with accents, but not too severe. I sat in front and that helped me hear them clearer. And for a few things I missed, I asked them to repeat in class or in their office hours.
I would try to avoid, if I could, professors who had thick accents. I will not use readers with thick accents either; frankly, I want to focus on learning, not attempting to understand  broken english.

Maybe this class she needs will be online?
Ashley

From: Carly 
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:28 AM
To: Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students. ; 'Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.' 
Subject: Re: [nabs] foreign professors




Hi, Alicia, and other interested folks in a subject of note taking,

To me, it is always reallyy great when said note taker can use, like a computer so that notes he takes can reamain on an accessable, plane. So, even if someone takes the notes on paper, they must still be either transcribed or converted, so you can access, them. 
For what it's worth,
Car

It seems to me, unless said notetaker takes the notes on a notebook computer and can email them, or in some way allowe them to reamain on a plane, where they can be accessed, a notetaker doesn't sound like an answer. The notes will then have to be transceribed, or converted to a divital file you can access.  At 03:59 PM 8/20/2011, Michael Malver wrote:

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  Does your access office offer a person who can take notes for you? My university does. I'm using the service for my math class, as I know even if I have a native speaker, he may not speak equations in a way I can easily write.
  If you can get your disability services to give you someone to take notes, you don't have to bring up the accent issue. You can just say he is a very visual presenter and you need someone to help you access the course.
   
  From: nabs-bounces at acb.org [mailto:nabs-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Starner, Alicia M.
  Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 5:57 PM
  To: 'Discussion list for NABS, National Alliance of Blind Students.'
  Subject: [nabs] foreign professors
   
  Hello All,
   
  I kind of know what I am going to do, but thought I would get some input from all of you. This semester is the first time I have come across a foreign professor with such a strong accent. ON the first day of classes there was only room for me in the back of the classroom, so I went in and took a seat. I had a very difficult time understanding the professor. I left the classroom thinking that I will go back and sit up front. On Friday that is just what I did, but I still walked out of class not understanding him. I did understand the video he was playing, but couldn’t understand a word he was saying. My first thought was drop the course and see if there was another instructor that taught the course, but I learned that he is the only instructor that teaches the course. I feel I am at a double disadvantage if I can’t see his notes and I can’t understand a word he is saying. I started to send an email to the access office, but decided it probably isn’t an issue for her. It is not really her fault or the universities fault I don’t understand a word this man says. I even recorded the lecture to see if I could understand him better at home, but the recording was even worse. Does anyone have any suggestions? I thought about dropping the course and seeing if he teaches the course online, but don’t know what to do. What would you all do if in the same situation.
   
  Thanks,
   
  Alicia Starner
   
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